Colin Munro becomes fourth man in the world to hit two T20I hundreds

Saturday, 4 November 2017

A second T20I century for Colin Munro, coming off just 54 balls. He becomes just the fourth player to hit two T20I 100s. #INDvNZ

New Zealand opener Colin
Munro scored unbeaten 109 off just 58 runs in Rajkot and powered his side
to 196/2 in the second T20I against India. The left-hander smashed hundred off
54 balls and hit as many as seven sixes and seven fours during his aggressive
knock.

Opting to bat first, Kane Williamson’s side started well and
were aggressive from the word go. The right-left batting combination of Martin
Guptill and Munro piled up 105 for the first wicket before Guptill gave an easy
catch to Hardik Pandya off Yuzvendra Chahal.

Later, captain Williamson became the victim of debutant and his
SRH teammate Mohammed Siraj to give the fast bowler his first international
wicket. While Munro was absolutely brilliant, he also had luck on his side
as he was dropped twice and survived a run-out chance. The opener made most of
the three chances and went on to become only the fourth batsman to have hit two
T20I hundreds.

For
India, bowlers leaked runs but seamers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and
Jasprit Bumrah were impressive. Kumar returned with figures of 0/29 in his
allotted four overs while Bumrah completed his four overs at an economy
rate of 5.75 after giving 23 runs. New Zealand ended their innings at
196/2.